quote: The Class of 2008 has to take 3yrs of math,Science and social studies. Imagine, Eventually I'm sure that there will be a requirement for 4 full years of secondary scool and there is a possibility that Post Secondard Degree Granting Facilities will start educating the graduates of this program. I wonder if there is a chance that an athletic program will germinate and have a massive television following. Time will tell. Anyone know of Guy Fox day?

Chance couldn't have delivered a more apt name to this thread than Rick Mercer. He is renowned for making video spoofs like the one above - but his favorite topic is American Ignorance of the world around them. Please don't take offence to this, I am as equally ignorant of America.

Fundamentals of Tool Design 4th Edition Pages 393,394,395 Saved it on the FTP under the Pics and things Folders as bend rads.pdf [ 01-29-2004, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: McRae ]

There may be a conflict to what you expect as output thru the post and what the machine parameter settings are. I can't recall the actual parameter number, but I changed the machine settings to match the way I wanted the code to look. Check in the parameter manual and look for rotary axis settings.

quote: this could be our new victory song Beauty song, "I won't crash this truck - Its a Beer Truck...Eh!" or "If I didn't have puke breath I'd Kiss you..." All time favorites.

As mentioned above, the only way to produce a true shape - without the benefit of a Y-Axis, is to use the C-Axis Contour and the WoodRuff cutter. Backplot doesn't have the intellegence you need to see the effect of the "True Shape" cutting effect that is actually happening. I wonder if Verify would work and produce a realistic shape?? Sorry we can't bend the laws of Physics and Geometry just to make some wrench flats... [ 01-26-2004, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: McRae ]

quote: cadcamjim, LOL I saw the same e-mail that someone sent to me with the exception of one thing. Instead of "Canadians" the group of people were "New Englanders" and it wasn't the Toronto Maple Leafs that won the Stanley Cup, it was the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series. Those were essentially the only differences. That's right because everthing is always about America...

This article is about 5S (or 6S if one adds Safety) which is within the lean and six sigma tool box. The foundation of lean is the TPS or Toyoda Production System, and two publications of note are The Machine that Changed the World, and Thinking Lean, both authored by Womack and Jones. I suggest that if this is of interest, google on over to www.lean.org and get you fill.

quote: than on a Mill you wouldn't be able to post them all at the same time.... Good Point, my frame of reference is the Integrex - Mill/Turn, one post. Try it and lets see.

Try Operations Groups, they will give you the option of specifying the NCI file location which will give the same effect as using two files. I also suggest to use levels that reflect the consistant approach for example Level 1 - L, Turning Profile Level 2 - M, Keyway and Pocket Geometry Level 255 - Complete Part Model Use the WCS and then you are off to the races. Oh by the way, I use multiple files for unique operations, but this is a concious decision and not because it can't be done in one.

Good Idea - These things fly like Frisbies - Will have to post a "Beware of Flying Objects from Reckless Employees, No raw Meat within 3 Mile Radius..." sign just to keep from being sued.

quote: Hope your hand feels better Thanks MD, I am now concussed from repeatably slamming my head into the desk after posting.

Forget it - I got the proper command and now It works - Use Create,Line,Tangent [ 01-19-2004, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: McRae ]

quote: Post processors account for an *insignificant* portion of our sales. I will remember that next time I need a post mod. I checked thru some old P/O's and see that I have spent an Insignificant amount in the past... I am retired, just reading a little and keeping up with the market place - The 7ax post made me pine for the old days when trashing for help was the norm. Pro/E posts are fun, you can choose any third party developer that you want to work with. ICAM, AustinNC, SolidTech, and on and on...

Quick Chris - Lock it up....

Chris I should have known you would be first to respond. This is not touchy feely, only an observation that AFT may be expecting something that is similar to other user groups. I wouldn't and don't give any of my stuff for nothing - paid a great deal of cash for what I have actually (and consider these to be part of my competitive advantage in the market place), but there are some simple posts that are easily transferrable. I just smiled and thought of here when I saw the Macturn 7ax post request though. [ 01-15-2004, 04:30 PM: Message edited by: McRae ]

This is one of the most common postings that I get as a member of the ProE Forum quote: Manufacturing Guys, Would anyone out there have a post processor that I could try that might work on the following machines? 1. Hurco Ultamax 3 Control with a 4th Axis 2. Okuma MacTurn 250W with up to 7 Axis control Looking for ideas or suggestions. Thanks. Here is the thing though - The Pro/Man forum is run by the users for the users... The stark contrast here is that emastercam is run by a distributor of software that has a significant portion of their revenue stream thru the creation and selling of post processors. This is the sensitivity of the issue, not that there are a bunch of horrific people here. I for one am putting out the AFTerburner. That guy is expecting the same thing that I see in pro/man I think. And the other constrast between the user forums is the elegance and nature of the postings. Here there are acid words - there the posts are polite, to the point and never an Off Topic Conversation.

Iscar will provide some software that has the proper compensation calculations. I believe that it is called SolidCAM or something similar. Do a search of the forum, we have spoken of this before.

It is much easier to be a follower in the Market place than to be the first. Safer, and costs much less to let someone else do the trail blasing. There already is an over use of the 23rd letter - IE Unigraphics NX, NX2 and the new competitive player VX. If I were to have my own produst to sell, My suggestions as always would include - "Slightly better than you could do yourself CAM" "We tested most of it except the part you need CAM" "Fancy packed piece of plastic for a million dollars CAM" Each subsequent release would be indicated by a an increment of the Greek Alphabit - and in this case , MasterCAM "Kappa" (tenth letter for those who care)

Mike, Select No, this should fix your problem. The other suggestion is on the NCI to force a ttol change, this will give an approach and call up the offset again so that it will be active. I also believe this is post dependant so that may need a little massage.

Ask Balsser what to do, it is their coolant to help you with so they may have a suggestion.

quote: And oh yes, this will be a very busy place. Buzzzz.....

quote: Hello.... Is this mic on? Can anyone hear me? I recognize this quote from ToyStory - Tom Hanks as "Woody". My son loves this line and speaks into everything as though it was a microphone. What a laugh I had on that one... Merry Christmas.

This Installation will be very interesting indeed. I once out preformed a K&T using a file fashioned with an elastic band to maintain the reciprocating motion... Anyhow, This advice here is excellent, but I would like to suggest that a 3 pronged attack take place here. The first part of the question has to be, how many parts do I need to manufacture and what part of the total cycle takes the longest anount of time to do. If for example a $5000 PCD Milling cutter that will run at 3 Million SFM will only save .02 seconds per part on a 30 minute cycle, then really there is no savings by using top technology. Layout your current process steps sequentially and assign the current time to the operation. With this information in hand, sort the data by time and then chart the results for a paretto analysis - look for the 20% of operations that take 80% of the cycle time, you will be surprised I'm sure. (Any Boring of the part?? - Think Helical for Roughing) Step 2 - Now armed with Data - (without data, you are just someone else with an opinion) discuss with 3 suppliers their suggestion for tooling alternatives for improving the machining cycle - and as Scott Bond indicates - the part quality and appearance need to be a given. Don't focus on "Cost" at this point, look at productivity first and formost. Also make the suppliers complete a time study on the part features and then you can consolodate the information and look for the biggest opportunities for improvement and also select the strongest pieces from each supplier. Make the orders contingent on a given quality expectation - CPK of 1.5 or better - this will make the weak companies cower and shy away and this is an indicator of actual long term reliance and capability of the tooling. Focusing on the result, rather than the buzz and trends in current tooling will als help (ie - Shrink or not to Shrink - Let the process capability answer that for you) Don't get snookered by their fancy presentations - your customer doesn't care who had the nicest power point presentations - they will only see the parts that you ship to them and get angry if they are late because you had to wait for a $5.00 Insert to arrive from Isreal/India/Sweeden/Japan and then get even more discusted when the parts don't fit! Step 3 - Dial in the setup information and get the best fixture that you can with an eye on Quick Change Over time and something that will allow the most features to be machined in one setup. Best of all, watch the profit margins - sometimes expensive equipment will distort our thinking that we need to keep it busy all the time rather than using the right tool for the job. Don't let too much stuff creep into the mix. [ 12-19-2003, 12:42 PM: Message edited by: McRae ]

I just wanted to drop a note to express many thanks to the user network here for the chance to help and also for getting manytimes the return for the efforts. I have transitioned into another position and I will leave the programming to others and as a result, will not be visiting here very often. Thanks again to all.